It’s always awesome to catch any culinary challenge, especially one which involves cakes and pastries. I was at the Anchor Food Professionals Pastry & Culinary Challenge 2018 the other day which was held at KDU University College @ Utropolis Glenmarie. Organised by Anchor Food Professionals, it was the 3rd Challenge and a first to feature a Culinary Challenge. Read on below on what it’s all about and who won.

Spanning four days, from 13th March 2018 until 16th March 2018, each day is an exciting day for all. Each day of the challenge saw different contestants from different industries competing in Pastry (13 March; Bakery channel), Cake (14 March for Bakery Channel and 15 March for Hotel Channel) and the newly added Culinary Category (16 March for Hotel Channel). Even the judges invited to form the panel of judges were renowned maestros of their fields.

Linda Tan, Director of Anchor Food Professionals shared that competitions like this are important for the industry as it provides a platform for the sharing of experience and knowledge, nurturing the potential of Malaysia’s future culinary and pastry artisans and elevating the standards of the food & beverage industry.

I was there on the 3rd day of the challenge, where the Best Cake – Hotel Channel segment was held. How did they go about producing their masterpiece?

Superb looking creations

Would you believe this is a mango cake?

Using Anchor’s leading products in the diary segment namely Anchor Cream Cheese, Anchor Butter Sheet, Anchor Butter, Anchor UHT Milk, Anchor Whipping Cream, and Anchor Extra Yield Cooking Cream, participants were required to prepare 2 types of cakes using different compositions whereby each recipe must contain at least a total of 30% Anchor Whipping Cream and Anchor Cream Cheese to the total cake weight.

Prizes for each category are as follow:

1st Prize Gold – Prizes worth RM5,000 + Trophy + Certificate

2nd Prize Silver – Prizes worth RM3,000 + Trophy + Certificate

3rd Prize Bronze – Prizes worth RM2,000 + Trophy + Certificate

Winners of the Pastry Challenge Cake Category 1 - Hotel

1st Prize: Gan Terk Yeong from Sofitel Kuala Lumpur Damansara

Gan Terk Yeong's winning creation

2nd Prize: Nyon Pei Shan from Intercontinential Kuala Lumpur

2nd Prize: Nyon Pei Shan from Intercontinential Kuala Lumpur

Looks beautiful doesn't it?

3rd Prize: Tan Shong Yee from Double Tree by Hilton KL

3rd Prize: Tan Shong Yee from Double Tree by Hilton KL

Lovely indeed

An unrivalled leader in the dairy foodservice industry, Anchor Food Professionals is once again doing their bid to raise the benchmark in the industry by hosting the highly anticipated Anchor Food Professionals Pastry & Culinary Challenge 2018. For more information on Anchor Food Professionals Malaysia, do check out their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/AnchorDairyMalaysia